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undergrounded

undergrounded is the simple past and past participle of underground.

Meaning of underground

Verb

underground (third-person singular simple present undergrounds, present participle undergrounding, simple past and past participle undergrounded)

  1. To route electricity distribution cables underground.
    • One is to underground where no other alternative will work, and this method should be used universally in urban regions as it now is in “downtown” sections.1962, David Pesonen, “Battles Over Energy”, in Carolyn Merchant, editor, Green Versus Gold: Sources in California's Environmental History, Island Press, published 1998, →ISBN, page 325

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Questions about undergrounded

What is undergrounded the simple past and past participle of?
Undergrounded is the simple past and past participle of underground.

Words near undergrounded in the dictionary

  1. underground people
  2. underground railroad
  3. underground railroads
  4. underground railway
  5. underground railways
  6. undergrounded
  7. undergrounder
  8. undergrounders
  9. undergrounding
  10. undergroundness
  11. undergrounds

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